Farming & food on our two islands are so interlinked. A hard Brexit could lead to the untangling of years of cooperation and trading. Our farm is an example of this. Our Bronze Turkey chicks start off life in the UK. All our chicks are hatched in the UK from Bronze Turkey eggs produced from…
https://vimeo.com/241524220 The Friendly Farmer Bronze Turkeys do not need long cooking times. Remove the bird from the fridge, leave it to stand at room temperature for 2 hours before cooking. Place the turkey, breast down, in a roasting tin and season the back of the bird with salt and pepper. Most of the fat deposits are…
Bronze Turkey is simply the best in Ireland for Christmas dinner. Our Irish Bronze Turkeys range and graze outside from dawn to dusk. If you are looking to buy an Irish turkey, our order books are open for Christmas Turkeys. Bronze Turkey is becoming increasing popular in Ireland due to their superior taste and tenderness.…
Whats the most question we are asked when customers visit our farm? What type of a Dog is that? The dog in the photo is Max, the king of our farm. He is a Pyrenean Mountain Dog. A Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD). LGD’s have been used for centuries to keep predators away from sheep, goats…
Now that the dust has settled on the US midterms elections, our American friends can start to focus on the Thanksgiving holidays. Every year we rear Turkeys for the Thanksgiving celebrations in Ireland. We deliver all over Ireland and open our farm shop on the day before Thanksgiving for customers to come to the farm…
Thank you to all who support our farm. Your support helps us do our little bit to help young people in our community. We are the proud kit sponsors of Galway’s newest basketball club. Based out of Newcastle Athenry, East Galway Celtics has participants from all over East Galway. The u 16 boys were the…
Good News! We have decided to open next Friday. The schools will be off to facilitate the vote for our next President. So why not vote and come and pick your pumpkin. Our Pumpkins are a lot like one of the candidates in the election. They start off life as a small seed. Then slowly…
Halloween excitement is starting to build on the farm as we get ready for the first weekend of pumpkin picking. The long term weather forecast is for crisp clear autumn weather. Ideal for a trip to our pumpkin patch. Opening from Saturday 20th of October, the first time slot is 11.30 am. Its an Irish…
This weekend we left the farm and the Fields of Athenry and we headed two and a half hours west to Inishbofin, above all to experience the delicious food of the island. What a weekend we had! The drive from Galway city to Cleggan gave us time to switch off. As you head out past…
Picking your pumpkin in the Fields of Athenry is thirsty work. Therefore as Halloween creeps in we are delighted that our friends at The Town Cafe in Athenry will bring their Trailer of Hot & Happy treats to our farm for the Halloween build up. Visitors can warm themselves with coffee, tea and hand crafted treats. …